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piggish

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pig·gish  (pgsh)
adj.
1. Greedy: a piggish appetite.
2. Stubborn; pigheaded.
piggish·ly adv.
piggish·ness n.
piggish
Adjective
1. like a pig in appetite or manners
2. stubborn
piggishness n
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Adj.1.piggish - resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy; "piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food"
hoggish, piggy, swinish, porcine
gluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"


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It looks very splendid there, but I feel piggish to have it.
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You are piggish and acquisitive, but the magic of your phrases leads you to believe that you are patriotic.
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